For the week of March 24-30, CW's Beauty and the Geek'saudience increased by 29.6% over the tiny 1.445 million that watched it Live giving it a Live+7 audience of 1.873 million making it the leading broadcast show for % increase in viewing via DVR.

Lost, which has been at or near the top of the broadcast % times-shifting lists this season, was in rerun that week and dropped off the list entirely.

Smallvillehad its audience increase by 27.7% over its Live airing placing it second for the week. Rounding out the top 1o were Wednesday's Big Brother,America's Top Model, New Amsterdam, Tuesday's Big Brother, Reaper, Jericho, in a rare appearance by a MyNetworkTV show Paradise Hotel, and Medium.

Top 20 Most % Time-shifted Broadcast TV Shows:

Rank

Programs

Network

Persons Live+7 (000s)

Persons Live (000s)

Time-shifted Audience (000s)

% increase from Live to Live+7

1

BEAUTY AND THE GEEK-3

CW

1,873

1,445

428

29.6%

2

SMALLVILLE

CW

4,385

3,435

950

27.7%

3

BIG BROTHER 9-WED

CBS

6,212

4,876

1,336

27.4%

4

AMERICA'S TOP MODEL-4

CW

3,892

3,088

804

26.0%

5

NEW AMSTERDAM

FOX

7,126

5,656

1,470

26.0%

6

BIG BROTHER 9-TUE

CBS

6,303

5,030

1,273

25.3%

7

REAPER-THU

CW

3,223

2,633

590

22.4%

8

JERICHO

CBS

6,890

5,661

1,229

21.7%

9

PARADISE HOTEL 2

MNT

948

783

165

21.1%

10

MEDIUM

NBC

10,077

8,401

1,676

20.0%

11

ELI STONE

ABC

7,399

6,226

1,173

18.8%

12

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

15,253

12,966

2,287

17.6%

13

MEN IN TREES

ABC

6,226

5,319

907

17.1%

14

AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY

FOX

26,147

22,375

3,772

16.9%

15

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER

CBS

11,276

9,675

1,601

16.5%

16

CANTERBURY'S LAW

FOX

5,181

4,464

717

16.1%

17

BIG BROTHER 9-SUN

CBS

7,699

6,697

1,002

15.0%

18

SIMPSONS

FOX

7,526

6,569

957

14.6%

19

BIGGEST LOSER 5

NBC

8,354

7,363

991

13.5%

20

APPRENTICE 7

NBC

12,818

11,326

1,492

13.2%

CBS had the most time-shifted shows on a % basis with 6 of the 20 demonstrating again that there are some CBS viewers who are able to operate DVRs.

We're now splitting our broadcast TV show time-shifting posts, if you're looking for the most time-shifted shows by absolute audience increase, go here.

The % Time-shifting table ranks which of the Top 150 broadcast shows [by Live+7 viewers] had the largest % increase in viewing between Live audience and Live+7 audience numbers from viewers watching shows later on their digital video recorders (DVRs).